Revised FMLA Forms

The union has posted revised FMLA forms for use by healthcare providers to certify serious illnesses of APWU members and their family members.

The forms the union created in 2009 “ solicit all of the information required under law,” Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris noted in a May 28, 2011, letter to USPS management. However, the APWU revised the forms based on suggestions made during a recent meeting with USPS officials to discuss the implementation of an arbitration award that stipulated that the Postal Service cannot require employees to use the Department of Labor’s WH-380 FMLA forms.

The revised APWU FMLA Forms 1 and 2 include the following changes:

1) Spaces for the employee’s EIN and FMLA case number, if known;

2) Indication of which type of serious health condition corresponds with the boxes at the top, so that healthcare providers don’t inadvertently check the wrong box;

3) Examples of what medical information (outside of medical diagnosis/prognosis) may be relevant when describing the medical facts; and

4) Indication at the bottom of the form that healthcare providers should see Page 2 for a complete description of “serious health condition.”